Ape Claims

The Ape Claims is a uranium mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Ape Claims

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Lone Mountain District; Weepah District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Pacific Gold And Uranium Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Development): BLOCK OF CLAIMS STAKED ON A PORTION OF THE WEEPAN PLUTON AND PEDIMMENT AREA TO THE NORTH, REPORTEDLY TO COVER AREA OF AIRBORNE RADIOMETRIC ANOMALY (U)

Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION SAID TO OCCUR IN FE-OXIDE-STAINED SHEAR ZONE IN GRANITE. GRANITE IN THE CLAIM AREA, PORTION OF A MASS SEPARATE FROM MAIN WEEPAH PLUTTON WITH MORE ROUNDED OUTCROP PATTERN, POSSIBLY INTRUSIVE INTO WEEPAH PLUTON.

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

References

Reference (Deposit): NBMG OFR 83-8, 83-11, 83-12, 1983

Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.H. AND STEWART, J.P., 1972, NBMG BULL 78.

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1979 FIELD EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER, 1979.

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.